2007 Toyota Camry

To save miles on her leased Volkswagon Passat, Jia Nin and I drove a rented Toyota Camry to the PGI event (below mentioned) in Appleton, Wisconsin last Friday. The trip was about 270 miles (435 km) each way, from Stillwater, Minnesota. Roads were a mix of highway and city/town streets. After driving the 2007 Toyota Camry a total of 10 hours, we concluded that we didn't like it. The suspension is too hard, we bounced uncomfortably across the segmented concrete highways. There was a lot of wind noise. At 140 kph, that is to be expected. But the noise at 80 kph was still quite loud. The seats have poor back support. Maybe driving 1 hour across Singapore is fine, but 5 hours in the seat was horrible, even for the passenger (yes, we did take breaks). The interior was spacious with huge trunk space. 2 cups holders only. And only 2 power sockets. One for iPod, one for GPS unit. That's it. That car we rented was the 4-cylinder engine model with just enough power for US highway driving. The automatic transmission was quite smooth so overtaking on the highway with the gears shifting down was not jerky. Fuel economy was pretty good, needing only one stop at the gas station each way. We expected a lot more out of Toyota's saloon-class vehicle line. Maybe next time have to try their luxury-class Avalon.